Hawks investigating three Western Cape municipalities
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Cape Town - The Hawks are following up reports that have emerged from three of the Western Capeâs 30 municipalities â Bitou, George and the Central Karoo District Municipality, which have been investigated for corruption in the last year.
The status update was the first of a series of quarterly updates from the provincial department of local government to the legislature on the status of all section 106 investigations. These investigations cover non-performance and maladministration.
The departmentâs specialised support director Gary Birch told the local government standing committee that the Matzikama municipality and the department were in litigation over the MECâs right to appoint independent investigators under the Municipal Systems Act.